Book Hauls!

I had to go into the personal database of my collection -


I've got first paperback editions (don't know if they even went hardback back then) of Ubik and Valis, which I'm inordinately proud of. :) 2 of my fave PKD novels, too!
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I have a first print of Ubik in HC (1969) - I bought that in January.

I have a limited editon of Valis (1987), part of a boxed set, signed by PKD. I think that's the first time it was put into HC - the first editon I think in softcover is 1981 (which I don't have) - is yours earlier?
 
Just got Sanity and the Lady by Brian Aldiss, The Periodic Table of Scirnce Fiction by Michael Swanwick, The Last of the O-Forms and Other stories by James Van Pelt, and Rocket Science by Jay Lake.
 
Looking for Jake, by China Miéville, a short story collection which includes The Tain.
 
My library system occasionally weeds its collection and sells the books it doesn't want anymore. Yesterday, I happened to check the for-sale shelves and came up with four sf/fantasy novels that looked interesting:

  • Rivers of Time by L. Sprague De Camp (paperback)
  • The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham (a British edition of a short story collection printed in 1979 but first published in 1956
  • Children of the Maker by Lucy Cullyford Babbitt (a young adult fantasy, first edition hardcover)
  • End of Exile by Ben Bova (the third volume of a trilogy, but a first edition hardcover from 1975)
Paid a dollar for the lot.:D
 
Just got:

The Twisted Root of Jarfindor - Sean Wright
Travel Light - Namoi Mitchison
Carmen Dog - Carol Emshwiller
Mothers and other Monster - Maureen F. Mchugh
 
Just got Myths for the Modern Age: Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe, from Monkey Brain, and Outsiders a anthology that include Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Caitlin Kiernan, and Joe R. Lansdale among 22 stories.
 
I thought I did very well with my purchases - :)

In one 2nd hand bookshop I bought David Edding's Books Two and Three of The Elenium. Book One I have placed on order. They were AU$9 each but I managed to bargain down to $6.

In another 2nd hand bookshop I finally found Janny Wurts' - The Circle of Fire Trilogy - well Books Two and Three - Storm Warden was missing, so that is on order as well. Not so fortunate with the price this time - she drove a hard bargain - finally got them for $8 each.
 
Hay-on-Wye is a wonderful wonderful town:D

Bought about 7 or 8 books, among them Pete Crowther's second Foursight anhology, "Futures" for anything between £1 and £2.50 each:D:D
 
Dragonology - last seen in a bookshop for AU$25 - I got it from the local supermarket for AU$15 :D
 
David Gemmell - Troy (Signed Slipcase hardcover)
Neil Gaiman - Anansi Boys
Hal Duncan - Vellum
 
i just ordered thethree volumes of a song of iceand fire. i'vh read it before and decided that i wanted them myself.

besides that a few other books which i think weren't published in english. so i can't give you the titles. but they were really good.
 
Some weekend hauls:

Looking For Jake - China Mieville
Midnight Tides - Steven Erikson (Expect me to surface soon on the Erikson board with thousands of questions!)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert A Heinlein
Solaris - Stanislaw Lem
 
Got some stuff today:

Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (very excited!)
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Lion Senet by Jenifer Fallon
 
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